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Sorry to bump this old thread up but I'm interested in this as well. I see on all my matco ratchets that there is some sort of date code. Does anyone have a picture of them all like the snap on one I see around so commonly? When I searched, this is the only thread that came up. If I missed it I'm sorry.

Date: 15th century
1 a : having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state b : having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type; especially : having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state c : degraded 2

they are all date coded but as far as i know there isn't any reference charts out there for them.

Krusty

How about we made our own reference chart for Matco then. I have started to make one and will be happy to keep it updated if other people will contribute. I have started off with the two recent ones that I have. I also took pictures of the date codes. Hopefully we can fill this out.

The reason I put the other letters in there is because I ASSumed that the trend may continue backwards. The dashes seem to vary between years though so I didn't fill those in. Once I get confirmation of them I will gladly update this.

Date: 15th century
1 a : having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state b : having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type; especially : having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state c : degraded 2